Senior Developer Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Developer Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Senior Developer Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Other: 20%
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An Amazon Senior Developer interview focuses on your ability to design large‑scale systems, write clean and efficient code, and lead through Amazon’s Leadership Principles. You’re expected to explain your reasoning clearly, defend your decisions, and show how you drive projects from idea to delivery. It’s demanding but fair, aimed at understanding how you solve real‑world engineering problems at scale.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA)
Interview
6 rounds 2 coding 2 system design 1 bar raiser one screening. Overall time 2 weeks, 4 on-site rounds. Other rounds were online. Interviewed at Seattle office. Bar raiser round is unique
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Real time streaming application design. End to end. Real world problems around handling streaming via apis, how to maintain stream context
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Sep 2025
Interview
at the beginning it starts with an assessment IQ and some coding tasks, then a 2 video calls on different rounds for technical questions and coding exercise discussions about the written code
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
general technical questions, starting from my experience and CV details, and going more deep in each technology